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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

how powerful or effective something is;

e.g. The new drug had incredible potency at combating severe migraines.

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Buoyancy

Cachet

Energy

Firepower

Force

Horsepower

Metal

Mettle

Might

Muscle

Power

Prestige

Refreshment

Resilience

Sinew

Stamina

Strength

Terrorism

Terrorist

Vigor

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Opposite Words

Burnout

Collapse

Disability

Disqualification

Exhaustion

Fatigue

Frazzle

Impotence

Inability

Inadequacy

Inanition

Inaptitude

Incapacity

Incompetence

Inefficacy

Ineptitude

Insufficiency

Lassitude

Overfatigue

Paralysis

Prostration

Weakness

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Related Words

Ability

Account

Adequacy

And

Aptitude

Arm-twisting

Bean

Beef

Bounce

Brawn

Brio

Capability

Capacity

Coercion

Competence

Competency

Compulsion

Consequence

Constraint

Dash

Drive

Duress

Dynamism

Edge

Efficacy

Efficiency

Emphasis

Energy

Esprit

Eventuality

Faculty

Force

Gas

Get-up-and-go

Ginger

Go

Gusto

Hardihood

Import

Importance

Independence

Intensity

Juice

Life

Magnitude

Main

Moment

Moxie

Muscle

Oomph

Pep

Possibility

Potential

Potentiality

Potentially

Pressure

Prospect

Punch

Self-dependence

Self-reliance

Self-sufficiency

Self-support

Significance

Snap

Starch

Thew

Usefulness

Vehemence

Verve

Vigor

Vim

Vinegar

Violence

Vitality

Weight

Zing

Zip

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